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Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Renny Harlin Writer/s Sean Hood, Daniel Giat Starring Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee Source of story A twist on the Greek legend Elevator Pitch Hercules is the born as a result of a coupling between his mother and the god Zeus (don’t ask), and is … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A in UK Director The Coens Writer/s The Coens Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Feinnes, Alden Ehrenreich, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Francis McDormand, Jonah Hill, Michael Gambon Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In 1951 the Manager of Capitol Pictures in LA tries to keep the lid … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating 12 in UK Director Penny Marshall Writer/s Steven Zaillian Starring Robin Williams, Robert de Nero, Julie Kavner, Max von Sydow, Source of story Book by Oliver Sachs Elevator Pitch A group of people in a nut house, apparently suffering from a type of sleeping sickness, encephalitis, and having been unresponsive for many … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Ben Affleck Writer/s Chris Terrio Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, Omid Abtahi Source of story A Wired magazine article by Joshuah Bearman, and part of a book by Tony Mendez Elevator Pitch Six American embassy workers are trapped in a friendly embassy … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Shawn Levy Writer/s John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven Starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie Source of story A short story “Steel” by Richard Matheson Elevator Pitch This is “Robot Wars” on steroids, in a world where massive humanoid machines battle it out in packed … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Clint Eastwood Writer/s Jason Hall Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Source of story A book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice Elevator Pitch Chris Kyle has shown talent as a marksman even as a child, so when he joins the Navy Seals and becomes a sniper … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Richard Linklater Writer/s Richard Linklater Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A film literally spanning 12 years in the life of a boy from the age of six to eighteen while his mother goes through an number of relationships … Continue reading
Released 1963 Rating PG in UK Director Terence Young Writer/s Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood Starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Source of story Book of the same name by Ian Fleming Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to Istanbul to recover a Russian … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Richard Curtis Writer/s Richard Curtis Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Chris O’Dowd, Gemma Arterton, Jack Davenport, Rhys Ifans, January Jones, Emma Thompson Source of story An original screenplay – loosely based on the Radio Caroline story Elevator Pitch In the days when the … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Edgar Wright Writer/s Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Billie Whitelaw, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Rafe Spall, Kevin Eldon, Olivia Colman plus many cameos by well known actors including Kate Blanchett who is uncredited. Source of story … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Asger Leth Writer/s Pablo F Fenjves Starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Kyra Sedgwick Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch A man stands on a ledge at the top of a hotel, apparently intending to commit suicide, and … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 18 Director Elliot Lester Writer/s Nathan Parker Starring Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aiden Gillen, David Morrissey, Mark Rylance Source of story A Novel by Ken Bruen Elevator Pitch A habitual criminal is killing police officers in London, but even when the team on the case arrest him they have no proof and … Continue reading
Released 1971 Rating X in UK Director Stanley Kubrick Writer/s Stanley Kubrick Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates, Miriam Karlin, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff Source of story Book of the same name by Anthony Burgess Elevator Pitch A gang of violent delinquents terrorise the urban area they inhabit until their leader is … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 12A in UK Director Rob Cohen Writer/s W.D.Richter Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the near future three pilots in secret warplanes are dispatched on a mission, from an aircraft carrier in the China Sea, with a superdrone which is … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Source of story A book by Captain Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty itself based on real events. Elevator Pitch The American container ship Maersk Alabama was taken over by Somali pirates in 2009, resulting in intervention … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Denis Villeneuve Writer/s Taylor Sheridan Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Source of story An original sceenplay Elevator Pitch A female FBI officer joins a small team of specialists whose task is to manipulate the drug cartels based on the Mexican border. As time passes she … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in IK Director Frank Oz Writer/s Dean Craig Starring Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Dinklage, Keeley Hawes, Daisy Donovan, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Peter Egan Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A funeral takes place in the country house formerly owned by the man in the coffin. … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro G Iñárritu Writer/s Director, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Lindsay Duncan Source of story An original screenplay – some say based on Michael Keaton’s real life after he refused to continue to be Batman. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 18 in UK Director David Fincher Writer/s Gillian Flynn Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris Source of story Book of the same name by Gillian Flynn Elevator Pitch When his wife disappears the husband finds himself the subject of media attention, in the end becoming a suspect in the possible … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Michael Mann Writer/s Stuart Beattie Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A hitman, with a list of victims, forces a cab driver to take him from place to place as he extinguishes his targets, but the … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Glenn Ficarra, John Reque Writer/s Dan Fogelman Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A wife announces to her husband that she is having sex with someone else, and wants a divorce, so the … Continue reading
Released 1972 Rating 15 in UK Director Francis Ford Coppola Writer/s Coppola, Mario Puzo Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conti, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Source of story Novel by Mario Puzo Elevator Pitch Rival families battle for control of neighbourhoods in 1940s New York. When the Godfather is … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro G Iñárritu Writer/s Alejandro G Iñárritu, Mark L Smith Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Source of story Basically an American legend, turned into a novel by Michael Punke, and used in part as a source Elevator Pitch An American woodsman leading … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Ivan Reitman Writer/s Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Samonek Starring Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Two friends decide they can maintain a relationship based solely on sex, and so they indulge whenever and where-ever they … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 12A in UK Director Tom Dey Writer/s Tom J Astle, Matt Ember Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, Kathy Bates, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple hire a young woman who guarantees to get their thirty something son to leave home, but things go … Continue reading
Released 1992 Rating 15 in UK Director Reginald Hudlin Writer/s Eddie Murphy, Barry W Blaustein, David Sheffield Starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Chris Rock Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An office Lothario finds his life turned upside down when the ad agency he directs … Continue reading
Released 1969 Rating U in UK Director Peter Collinson Writer/s Troy Kennedy-Martin Starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Rossana Brazzi, John le Measurer Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of London criminals set up a caper to steal a shipment of gold in Italy, by creating a traffic jam in Turin, and … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating U in UK Director George Miller, Warren Coleman Writer/s George Miller, John Collee Starring Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman Source of story An Original screenplay Elevator Pitch Emperor penguins can sing, but Mumbles, a young penguin, can’t although he can dance. He determines to find out why the penguins don’t get … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director John Hillcoat Writer/s Joe Penhall Starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee Source of story Novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy Elevator Pitch A father and son make their way towards the sea, in a post apocalypse world where civilisation has failed, against almost insurmountable odd. … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Todd Haynes Writer/s Phyllis Nagy Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Source of story Novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Price of Salt) Elevator Pitch In 1950s New York, a society wife forms a relationship with a young female shop assistant, who aspires to become a photographer, but … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 15 Director Oliver Megaton Writer/s Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch Frank Martin finds himself with the job of delivering a package to the Black Sea, as well as a young woman who is apparently suffering from drugs or alcohol excess, … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating U in UK Director John Lasseter, Ash Brannon Writer/s Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer. Source of story John Lasseter, Pete Docter for the original Toy Story Elevator Pitch Woody is stolen by a toy collector resulting in him meeting with … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Louis Leterrieer Writer/s Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Jason Statham, Kate Nauta, Amber Valletta Source of story Now the Transporter franchise Elevator Pitch An underworld “driver” has a contract to transport a child to and from school when he becomes embroiled in a diabolical plot to infect … Continue reading
Released 1973 Rating A in UK Director Guy Hamilton Writer/s Tom Mankiewicz Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Geoffrey Holder, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Source of story A story in the 007 franchise – named after but not necessarily based on an Ian Fleming book. Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to New … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 18 in UK Director William Monahan Writer/s William Monahan Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightly, Ray Winston, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsan, Sanjeev Baskar, Source of story Book by Ken Bruen Elevator Pitch A hardened criminal comes out of jail and in trying to go straight gets a job minding a fragile celebrity who … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Anand Tucker Writer/s Steven Martin Starring Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman Source of story A novel by… Steve Martin Elevator Pitch A young woman moves to LA and gets a job in Sachs Fifth Avenue. She is briefly lonely but soon becomes involved with a rich older … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Ana Lily Amirpour Writer/s Ana Lily Amirpour Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The inhabitants of a desolate and lawless middle eastern town are stalked by a female vampire. Content Lots of brooding silences and people looking at each … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating PG in UK Director Tom Reeve Writer/s Tom Reeve Michael Burks Starring James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayse Source of story A well known fable Elevator Pitch George is not a saint, he’s just a guy caught up in a search for the princess, and when he finds her she is protecting … Continue reading
Released 1984 Rating 15 in UK Director James Cameron Writer/s James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the future humans, led by John Connor, are battling with the machines which have taken over the planet, so in order to eliminate him, … Continue reading
Released 1986 Rating 18 in UK Director James Cameron Writer/s James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen Source of story A follow up to “Alien” from 1979 Elevator Pitch The planet on which the alien eggs were found has been colonised, but contact with it has been lost. A … Continue reading
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